Ticket-issuing machine.



F. SKERL.

TICKET ISSUING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16. 1913.

Patented Sept. 4, 1917.

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UNITED STATES PATENT orrion.

FRANCESCO SKERL, 0F DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO, (INCORPORATED IN 1906.)

TICKET-ISSUING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 4, 1917.

Application filed May 16, I913. Serial No. 767,972.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCESCO SKERL, a citizen of Austria, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ticket-Issuing Machines, of which I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description.

, This invention relates to ticket issuing machines and more particularly to that class adapted to issue a ticket of any one of several denominations at each operation of the machine.

One of the chief sources of loss to the owners of theaters, moving picture shows, base ball grounds, parks, and the like, and also in ticket oflices of elevated, subway and other railways, as well as other transportation systems and in tact wherever tickets are sold and used is the dishonesty practised by the ticket seller in reselling tickets which have been used. To prevent such dishonesty a separate ticket taker is usuallyemployed, but it has been found that this is not always an effectual check upon the ticket seller, as the employeeewho' collects the tickets can, by collusion with the seller, return them to the seller who can again sell them. Employment of two or more'persons to prevent reselling of used tickets is, fun thermore, quite an item of BXPGIISB WhIFh, of course, the owners of such places wish to avoid. Various methods have been devised to prevent such dishonesty but most of them are defective inasmuch as they leave a channel by which the owner can be de- The principal object, therefore, of this invention is to provide a machine whereby the above losses can be eliminated aswell as the expense of ticket selling employees, still re taining in use a system in which a ticket of the desired denomination can be promptly obtained by the purchaser.

It is then an object of this invention to provide a ticket issuing machine adapted to issue a ticket only when a coin of the proper value is inserted in it and more particularly to provide such a machine in which a ticket of the desired denomination can beobtained.

It is a further object of this invention to provide in a machine shown but one key which cooperates with the inserted coins to determine the denomination of the ticket to beissued and to control the operation of the machine. The use of but one keyinstead of a series of keys renders the cost of construction less and simplifies the operation of the machine. 7 Another object of this invention is to embody in such a machine novel mechanism for printing the tickets as they are issued thereby eliminating the carrying of large numbers of valid tickets which might at any time be stolen and used.

It is, too, an object of this invention to embody in such a machinetotalizing mechanlsm with an improved actuating device whereby the total value of the coins inserted in the machine is accumulated.

Objects of the specific construction disclosed are to provide means for preventing the operation of'the machine until the coin is inserted, for locking the key in its depressed position, and for retaining the coin in its cooperative position until the end of the operation of the machine.

With these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, the essential elements of which are set forth in appended claims, and a preferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter described with reference to the drawings which accompany and form part of the specification.

Figure l isa left side elevation of a machine embodying the present invention with the cabinet removed and showing the operating gearing for the machine.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary right hand side elevation of the machine shown in Fig. 1, with the side of the cabinet removed.

Fig. 3 is a detailed view taken along the key and the sliding plates operated thereby and shows part of the mechanism controlled by the cooperation of the key and the coins inserted in the machine.

Fig. 4 is a detailed view of the totalizer.

Fig. 5 is a detailed view showing the key and the devices actuated by the key and employed to lock the key, unlock the machine and to differentially position the type carrier and totalizer actuating racks.

The specific embodiment of the invention shown in the drawings is illustrated only as the invention is clearly applicable to other types of vending machines. This invention as shown is applied to a ticket issuing machine intended when in use to be suitably placed so that the customer may insert the proper coin and subsequently operate the key and thereby secure a ticket of the desired denomination, the opening through which the tickets are delivered being located on top of .the machine as are the slots and the key.

The machine is equipped with a single key and a number of coin slots, one for each ticket of a different denomination and to operate the-machine the purchaser need only insert his coin into the proper slot and press the key, the machine then automatically printing and issuing a ticket of the desired denomination and operating the accounting device according to the value of the ticket.

The coin slots are so positioned that when a coin is inserted into the machine it con stitutes a connection between two plates, one 5 of which upon depression of the key is given a variable extent of movement dependent upon the value of the coin. Slot closing flanges are carried by the latter plate so that when the plate is moved the slots are closed against another insertion of a coin during the operation of the machine. The differential movement of this latter plate is imparted to a notched segment arm and further depression of the key rocks a member into alining position with the notches and also controls the actuation of the locking device for the key. The notched segment arm is connected to members employed to actuate the accounting device and the type carriers so that when the segment arm is moved its differential movement is imparted to the actuating members. Mechanism driven by a motor operates the ticket feeding mechanism and printing mechanism. rocks the totalizer into engagement with its actuating member, and finally restores the actuating members toinitial position and renders the key locking and the slot closing mechanism ineffective.

The above description briefly points out the general features of construction of the machine. The details appear from the drawing wherein 1 (Fig. 1) is a shaft which is to be given two complete rotations at an, 55 operation either manually by a crank handle or from a motor. The motor or crank handle are not shown in the accompanying drawings but it is to be understood that one of numerous types of motor mechanisms can 60 be employed and particular reference may be made to that shown and described in Letters Patent of the United States, No.

923,857, grantedJune 8th, 1909, upon application filed by C. F. Kettering, as the connec- 65 tions between the motor and the operating mechanism as well as the clutch connections are peculiarly adapted to control and operate the machine herein shown.

Fast to the shaft 1 is a gear 2 which meshes with a gear 3 fast to the main drive shaft 4 supported by bearings in the side frames 5 and 6 of the machine. A large gear on the stub shaft 280 supported by. the side frame 6 is intermediate and meshes with the gear 3 and also gear 8 which is fast to another shaft 9 also loosely journaled in the sides of the frames 5 and 6. The various operative mechanisms disclosed herein are actuated through one rotation of the shafts 4 and 9 brought about by two rotations of the driving pinion 2 and the connections between these mechanisms and these shafts will be taken up in detail in the description of the mechanisms.

The complete depression of a single key cooperating with the coin inserted in the machine differentially sets the actuating racks for the type carriers and the totalizer, releases the motor locking lever, and ac: tuates the device which locks the key in its depressed position until the end of the operation of the machine. The key and the coin slots and the sliding plates, actuated by the cooperation of the key with the inserted coins, through which the above mentioned functions are accomplished, are shown in Fig. 3 and will now be described. A lever 10 is centrally pivoted to a key 11 by a pin 12 and carries a pin 13, projecting laterally from the right hand end of this lever and passing into an elongated slot 14 formed in an arm 15 of a bell crank pivoted by a pin 17 to theframe 16 suitably supported by the frames of the machine. The other arm 18 of this bell crank is constructed to form a. segment arm which has one curved notch 19 in the upper portion of its periphery. A plate 20 is pivoted to a projectlon on the arm 15 by a pin 21 and carries pins 22 which project into slots 21 in a plate 23 which also has similar pins 25 projecting into similar slots 26 in the plate 20. The plates 20 and 23 are parallel to each other and adjacent to the coin slots 23, 24, and 25, which represent the five, ten and twentyfive cent slots respectively and the distance between the plates is slightly greater than the thickness of a quarter so that the inserted coin can drop between them. Both of these plates at their rear ends are pivoted to similarly shaped arms 27 which are pi'voted at 28 to the frame 16 and connected at their lower ends, to one end of springs 29 which are undertension between these arms and the dog 30 mounted at 30 and thereby tends to hold the plates in the position, shown in Fig. 3. The plate 23 is pivoted by a pin back of pin 21 (Fig. 3), to an arm 31 of a bell crank which in turn is pivoted at 17 to the frame 16. The other arm 32 of wardly and carries a pin 41 which is onormally in operative relation with the lower parts of the peripheries of the segment arms 18 and 32. A spring 40, which is under tension, extends from the pin 40* on the frame 16 to an arm 42, which is integral with the arms 38 and 41. The coins are inserted through the slots 23*, 24 and 25 which represent thefive, ten and twenty-five cent slots: respectively, as stated, and drop in front of and into engagement with the corresponding pins 22 projecting from the plate 23. Each of the pins 22 and25 has a curved faceof the same radius as the coin with which it engages. The coins are prevented from passing into the guideway 46 to the coin receptacle 47 (Fig. 1), by flanges 46 (Fig. 3) upon which the coins rest when inserted into the machine. These flanges project laterally from the upper edge of a plate 47 slidably mounted on the frame 16 by slot-and-pin connections. Toward the end of an operation of the machine the plate 47 is forced rearwardly by the lever 48 and the inserted coin is permitted then to pass to the coin receptacle. The upper end of the lever 48 is in enga ement with a lug 49 projecting downwardly from one of the flanges 46 and this lever is rocked to move the plate 47 rearward by the engagement of the lower end of the lever with an anti-friction roller 1000 projecting laterally from a cam 141 fast on the shaft 9. After the roller 1000 has moved out of engagement with the lever 48, the spring 50 which is under tension between the arm 38 and the plate 47 restores the plate 47 and .engagement of the pin 41* on the arm 41 with the peripheries of the segment arms 18 and 32. Movement of the lever 10 about the pivot 36, however, through the connectionof the other end of the lever with the bell crank of which 15 and18are the arms, serves to rock this bell crank an invariable distance which is sufficient to carry the notch 19 opposite to the pin 41 on the arm 41. The plate 20 being connected at 21 to this bell crank has imparted thereto a like invariable extent of movement forwardly in the direction of its length as the pin 13 can move from the forward part to the rear part of the slot 14 in the arm 15. When a quarter has been inserted the plate 23 is to be moved the same distance as the plate 20 v upon the depression of the key, as the normal distance between the pins 22 and 25 on the detents 20 and 23 which cooperate with inserted quarters is equal to the diameter of a quarter and therefore the other segment arm 32 being an arm of a bell crank lever connected to the plate 2-3 is rocked about 17 as a pivot to the same extent asthe segment arm 18 is rocked thus preserving the normal coincidence of the notches '19 and 35 in the arms 18 and 32 respectively. The normal distance between the pins 22'and 25, which project from the plates 20 and 23 and are to engage a dime inserted into the ten cent slot, is such that the plate 20 and therefore the segment arm 18 are given three steps or units of movement before the distance between the pins is reduced to the diameter of the coin after which the segment arm 32 is given two unitsof movement since the plate 23 to which this segment arm is pivoted is moved with the plate 20 during the last two steps of movement of the latter, the extent of the invariable movement of which is the same as an excursion of five units of movement of the plate 23. This initial movement of three steps of the segment arm 18 brings the notch 19 in this arm into coincidence with the notch 34 in the segment 32 at the end of the third step of movement of the arm 18 and this coincidence is preserved during the two steps ofinovement .of

the arm 32 and the last two steps of movement of the arm 18 as the arms are then moving together. The normal distance between the pins 22 and 25 which areto engage a nickel dropped into the fivecenhslot is such that the segment arm 18 is given four steps of movement upon the depression of the key before the notch 19 in the arm 18 is brought into coincidence with the lowest notch 33 in the arm 32 after which the arm 18 is moved one step farther and the coincidence of the notches is preserved during this last step of movement as the coin constitutes a connection between the plates, and" the arm 32 is moved therefore one step with the arm 18 after the into coincidence.

, The plate 23 at its upper edge carries horizontally projecting flanges 52 which, when the detent is moved, as explained, close the slots 23*, 24, and 25 and hence prevent the insertion of another coin into the slots during that operation of the machine. After the segment arm 32 has been difierentially positioned, further depression notches are brought of the key is permitted. As the roller 41 is then in operative relation with the coinciding notches on the segment arms 18 and 32 and can be moved by furtherdepression of' the key into said notches after whichsit is held in such position by the engagement of the pin 36 with the lower part 0 the slot 37.

The devices actuated by the key 11 and employed to lock the key in its depressed position shown in Fig.5 will now be described. A link 53 is pivoted at its upper end to the-arm 42 by the pin 54 and has at its lower end a slot 55 into which a pin 55 projecting from an arm 56 passes. The arm 56 is integral with the arms 57 and 58 which are loosely mounted on a stub shaft 59 projecting from the frame of the machine. The plane face of a lug 60 which projects from the arm 58 is normally in engagement with the upper edge of a projection 61 on the forward end of a lever 62 which is fast to a shaft 63 supported by bearings in the side frames of the machine. An arm 64 is loosely mounted on the arm 56 by the pin 55 and at its upper end has two shoulders 65, the upper one of which is normally held in engagement with the plane face of the stud 66, projecting from the link 53, by the spring 67 which is under tension between the arm 58 and the lower end of arm 64. One arm 68 of a bell crank pivoted to the frame 16 of the machine by the rod 39 carries a hooked shaped pro ection 69, while the other arm 68 has pivoted at its outer end a link 70 which, at its lower end, is connected to the rear end of the lever 62 by the pin 71.

When a com is inserted into its proper slot and the key 11 depressed, the arm 42 is rocked about its pivotal center 39, as has been explained and the lug 60 is taken out of engagement with the project-ion 61 by the rocking of the arm 58 through the link 53, and the arms 56 and 64. The lever 62 is then rocked in a counter-clockwise direction by a tensioned spring 72 secured at its ends to the lever 62 and to the'frame of the machine, and the upper face of the projection 73 of the lever 62 is carried into engagement with the lug 60. shaped projection 69 on the arm 68 passes over a pin 74 projecting laterally from the lever .10 which is then inlowered position and thereby holds the key in its depressed position.

The key is not'released until the end of the operation of the machine but as the operating mechanism releases the key through the parts just described asbeing employed to lock the ke in depressed position this oporation may e described here. A disk 75, journaled to the drive shaft 4 is revolved in a clockwise direction, (Fig: 5), and carries three laterally projecting studs 76, 77, and

78. The stud 76 toward the end of each 'op-' eration of the machine engages the inclined At the same time the hook face 79 of an arm 80 fast to the shaft 63 and rocks the lever 62 against the action of the spring 72 to its initial position and thereby takes the hook 69 on the arm 68 out of operative relationship with the stud 74. Immediately thereafter the stud 78 engages an inclined face 81 of a projection 82 on the arm 64 and forces the upper shoulder of the arm 64 out of engagement with the lug 66 on the link 53. The rocking of the arms 56, 57, and 58 to initial position by the spring 67 is then permitted, with the key remaining in its depressed position, as the pin 55 on the arm 56 by reason of the upper shoulder 65 of the arm 64 having been thrown out of engagement with the pin 66, can be moved out of engagement with the lower end of the slot 55 in link 53 into engagement with the upper end of the slot, but to make such return movement of the arms 56, 57, and 58 positive the arm 57 is provided with a pro jest-ion 84 having an inclined face 85 so that the stud 78 will engage this face after the upper shoulder 65 is carried out of engagement with the lugs 66, and thereby positlvely restore the lug 60 on the lever 62 to its normal locking position over the projection 61 on the lever 62. The restoration of the lever 62 to its normal locking position rocks the hooked end 69 of the arm 68 out of operative relation with the roller 74 on the lever 10 and thereby releases the key. After the key is released it is restored to normal position by the spring coiled about its shank and the spring 40 raises the link 53 and brin s its projection 66 opposite the upper shoul er 65 of the arm 64 which arm is then rocked by its spring 67 to carry its upper shoulder 65 below and into engagement with the lug 66.

This raising of the link 53 to normal position also brings the lower end of the slot 55 into engagement with the pin 55 carried by the arm 56.

The releasing of the motor employed to drive the operating mechanism is effected through the rocking of the lever 62b the depression of the key as just explained and the connections between the motor and this lever are shown in Figs. 1 and'5. An arm 86 is fast to the shaft 63 and is connected at its outer end by a pin 86" to a link 87 which at its upper end (Fig. 1) is pivoted at 88" to the motor locking lever 88. The rocking of the lever 62 upon depression of a key as has been explained, lowers the arm 86 and thereby releases the motor through the rocking of the projection 89 of the lever 88 out carrier and the totalizer. To this end con-' nections between the segment arm 32 and the racks are provided and these connections may now be taken up in detail. A link 96 (Fig. 5) has a notch 97 on the lower edge of its forward end,which normally straddles a pin 98 prpjecting from the segment arm 32 and the other end of this link is pivoted at 99 to the outer end of an arm 99 which is fast to ashaft 100 supported by the side frames 5 and 6 of the machine. A projecting arm 101 on this link carries at its outer end a roller 102 which projects into a slot 103 in an irregularly shaped plate 104 pivoted on a rod 105. Fast to the shaft 100 is a lever 105 (Fig. 2), one arm 105 of which is a segmental actuating rack for the totalizer elements'106 which are employed to accumulate the value of the coins inserted into the machine and which are loosely mounted upon the shaft 107. The other arm 108 of this lever is connected at 109 to a link 109 which, at its other end, is pivoted at 110 to an actuating rack 110 loosely mounted on a stub shaft 111 projecting from the side frame 5 of the machine. The actuator rack 110 meshes with a pinion wheel 113 loosely mounted on the shaft 114, supported by the bars 115 pivoted at 115* to the side frame 5 of the machine, but integral with the type carrier 117, carrying three types 118, 119 and 120 adapted to print a 5c, 10 and 25 character respectively.

The totalizer elements 106 Which .are loosely mounted on the shaft 107 are constructed similarly to those shown and described in the present applicants applica tion, Serial No. 776,054, filed May 7, 1913. The registering wheel of lowestorder is actuated directly by the engagement of teeth of actuating arm 105 with the pinion 116 integral with the wheel and is provided with alternate ciphers and fives and is arranged to transfer to the wheel of the next highest order'at each second unit of movement, the wheels of higher order transferring after each complete rotation. Carrying operations from wheels of lower order to wheels of higher order are accomplished by the well known Geneva stop mechanism, as indlcated in Fig. 4.

The counter elements 124 employed for registering the number of operations of the machine are loosely mounted on the shaft 124*. The shafts 107 and 124 which support the totalizer and the counter are carried by the auxiliary frame 126. This frame is constructed of one plate of metal and is pivoted to the frame 5 of the machine by the rod 128 and is free to swingvertically in the opening 1285 of the main; frame 5. The left hand side of this auxiliary frame is all in the same vertical plane and forms a right angle with the top of the frame. The portion 127 of the right side ,bf the frame is parallel to the left side of the frame and supports the right hand end of the shaft 107. The portion 126' of the right side of the frame is also parallel to the left side but is not in the same vertical plane as is the portion 127 the distance between the left side of the frame and the portion 126 being less than that between the left side and the portion 127*. The portion 126? supports the right end of the shaft 124 which carries the counter elements employed to register the number of operations of the ma chine, and the distance between the portion 126 and the left side of the auxiliary frame is less than that between the portion 127 and the left side because there are fewer counter elements on the shaft 124 than there are totalizer elements on the shaft 107, as the elements on the shafts 107 are to regilstqer larger amounts than those on the shaft The counter elements on the shaft 124 are actuated by the engagement of the graduated tines 129 arranged in a manner well known in the art, on the common pawl 130, with the ratchet wheels 131, one of which is integral with each registering wheel, whereby when one wheel is given complete rotation the wheel of next higher order isjmoved one notch. This pawl 130 is mounted on the frame 5 of the machine by the pin 132 and the tines 129 are kept in engagement with the ratchet Wheels 131 by the spring 133. As this device is one so well known on the market it need not be described in further detail. 7

After the actuating rack 105 has been differentially positioned, as explained, the pinion 116 which is integral with the totalizer wheel of lowest denomination is rocked into mesh with" the teeth of the segment rack through a pitman 142 which, at its upper end, is pivoted at 1271 to. the frame portion 126 and at its lower end is forked over the drive shaft 9 and carries an anti-friction roller 143 riding in a cam groove 144 in the to print on the paper strip one added to the previous amount on the totalizer, each time the frames 126 and 127 are rocked downward, by the engagement of the counter with the pawl 130. The link 96'because of the engagement of the roller 102 on the arm 101 in the slot 103 in the plate 104 is then rocked upward out of engagement with the pin 98 through the engagement of the pin 77 on the disk 75 with the cam face 146 of the irregularly shaped plate 104 and the upper edge of the arm 96 is thereby raised into contact with the dog 30 so that after the actuating racks and the link 96 are restored the dog will engage the shoulder 147 on the link 96 and prevent the link from moving backward so that when the segment 31 is restored to normal position the recess 97 can again engage the pin 98. A roller 148 projects from the arm 108 and is so positioned that open cam 149 fast to the rotation shaft 9 engages the roller 148 toward the end of the operation of the machine but after the link 96 is disconnected from the pin 98 and restores the actuating rack 105 to normal position while the totalizer pinion 116 is in engagement with the teeth of the segment 105. During this restoration of the actuating rack the pin 98 enters the recess between the link 96 and the arm 101. It is therefore seen that upon every operation of the. machine the value of the coin inserted into the machine is accumulated upon the totalizer when the actuating rack is restored to normal position. The plate 23, and'therefore the segment arm 32 are restored to their normal position by the sprin 29 connected to the dog 30 and the arms 27 which su port the rear end of the plate. Finally t e link 96 is lowered to its initial position so that the recess 97 again engages the pin 98 on the segment arm 32 as the irregularly shaped plate 104 is given a return movement when the pin 77 passes out of engagement with the curved face 147 a of this plate by the engagement of a pin 285 projectin from the link 53, with the lower edge of t e forward end of an arm 143 integral' with the plate 104, while the link 53 is" being restored to normal position.

After the type carrier has been positioned 150 the denomination of the desired ticket the ticket printing'and issuing mechanism are actuated by the motor. A ear 153 is journaled on the maindrive sha t 4 and meshes with a gear 154 integral with the feed roll 155. This latter gear in turn meshes with a gear 156 movable with the impression roller 158. The

inking roll 159 is emplo ed to ink the type of the dater 160 and of t e consecutive numbering device 161',"which devices are employed to record the date and the consecutive number on the ticket and being old in the art and not essential to the understanding of the invention need not be described in detail. A platen frame 162 is loosely mounted on the shaft 4 and at its upper end carries a platen 163. This platen carrying frame 162 has an anti-friction roller 164 riding in a cam groove 165 constructed in the face of the impression roller 158. The configuration of this cam groove is such that the platen is given an invariable extent of movement against the type carriers upon each operation of the machine and before the ticket is fed into the opening 166, surrounded by the guard 166 on the top of the cabinet of the machine, by the engagement of the flanges 167 on the feed roll 155 with the periphery of the cylinder 158 which construction is also well known in the art. A slidable plate 168 which is connected to the type carrier supporting frame 115 by slot and pin connections is also attached to the platen carrying frame 162 by the pin 169 engaging in the slot 170 and upon each movement/of the platen carrying frame 162 the projection 168, on the sliding plate enters one of the notches 169 in the plate 17 0 integral with the type carrier 117 and thereby alines the type carriers while an impression is being taken therefrom on the paper strip 150. A spring pressed pawl 173 which engages with the teeth of ratchet wheel 171 integral with the ribbon feed roll 172, is pivoted at 1731 on the sliding plate 168, and 174 designates a pawl employed to revent backward rotation of the roll 172. platen frame 162 and therefore of the slidable plate 168 after the ticket is printed, the

pawl 173 engages the next tooth of the ratchet and feeds the inking ribbon 175 one step. This inking ribbon is of the continuous type and passes around the anti-friction roller 302, up between the printing platen and type over the guide 3003, beneath the tension device 181, around roll 300, roller 302, and between the feeding roll 172 and the inking roll 176. The ribbon is inked by the inking roll 176 which is carried by a frame 177 ivoted to the frame 5 of the machine, by t e rod 178, and kept in engagement with the feeding roll 172 by means of the spring 179 under tension between. the frame 177 and the pin 177 projecting from the frame 6. The roll 180 supported by the arms 181 which are pivoted to the frame 5 of the machine at 181, is employed to tension the inking ribbon 175.

After the denomination of the ticket has been printed and it has been fed far enough intothe opening 166 in the cabinet by the feed rollers 155 and 158 so that itmay be withdrawn by the fingers, it is severed by knife edges 184 and 185. The upper knife blade 184 is actuated through the engagement of the roller 186 in the cam groove 165 the roller being carried by the lower arm 0 the lever 187 pivoted at 188 to the frame 5 of the machine and the knife'blade is kept into engagement with a block 189 by means of a spring 190which presses against the arm 191, carrying the knife 184. The wire clips 192 guide the ticket as it is fed and the wire clip 192 and the guide plate 192 pre- Vent it from falling into the operating mechanism and retains it in a nearly vertical position. After the ticket has been issued the actuating rack 110 is restored to initial position through the engagement of the open cam 149 with the roller 148, as has been fully described.

The device employed to turn the totalizer wheels 106 to zero position is well known inthe art, and in general consists of the intermeshing gears 134 and 135 fast to the left end of shafts 107 and 124 respectively, so that when the key isinserted into the key seat 136 and turned, theshafts carrying both sets of registering wheels are turned through a small bevel gear on the-shaft 124 meshing with a small bevel gear on the lock 216. In-

:terposed. between the several registering Wheels on the shafts 124 and 107 are pawls suitable to pick up the wheels at different points at which they may be standing and return them to zero position as these shafts are rotated. A disk 137'is fast on the shaft 107 and when the shaft is rotated the pin 138 on the arm 138, pivoted at 140 is forced out of normal engagement with a notch in the disk 137 and the curved end 139 of the pawl 134, which has a slot 142 through which the stub shaft 140 passes, and is con nected to the arm 138v by a spring coiled about the stub shaft 140, is rocked into the path of a pin 140 projecting laterally from the disk 137 so that when the wheels are restored to zero position the pin 140 abuts the end 139 and prevents further rotation of the wheel. The pawl 139 is then returned to its initial position through the action of the spring coiled about the stub shaft 140.

The operating mechanism is restored the last few degrees to normal position by the engagement of the anti-friction roller 193 with the nearly radial face 194 of the open cam 141, the roller being carried by the lever 195 which, at its lower end, is secured to a highly tensioned spring, 224, (Fig. 1). This device is old in the art and is employed ,as the motor may not bring the operating parts completely home.

The complete operation of the machine is effected by merely inserting the coin and subsequently depressing the key 11. The initial movement of the key, because of the engagement of the pin 41 on the arm 41 with the peripheries of the segment arms 18 and 32, rocks the lever 10 about the pin 36, as a pivotal center and the plate 20 through the arm 15, connecting it with the lever 10, is given an invariable extent of movement, which is generally transverse to that given the key. The segment arm 18 is thereby rocked so that its notch 19 is adjacent to the pin 41, but further depression of the key 11 is prevented, if no coin has been inserted into the machine through one of the coin slots, by the engagement of the pin 41 with the periphery of the segment arm 32. When a nickel, dime or quarter has been inserted into the proper slot, thearm 32 is given one, two or five units of movement respectively by the initial movement of the key 11, through the engagement of the pins 22 and 25 on the plates 20 and 23 with the coin, and further depression of the key is permitted as the pin 41 enters into alining position with the coinciding notches. on the segment arms 18 and 32. Final movement of the key 11 permits the lever 62 to be rocked in a counter-clockwise direction by the spring 72, as the lug 60 is taken out of engagement with the projection 61 of the lever 62 through the link 53 and the arms 64, 56, and 58, and thereby the hook 69 on the arm 68 is brought into latching position over the pin 74 through link 70 and the arm 68 and the lower projection 73 of this lever 62 is brought into engagement with the lug 60. The motor locking lever 89 is taken out of its locking position at the same time as the arm 86 to which the lever 89 is secured'by the link 87 is fast to the shaft 63 and is therefore rocked when the lever 62 is rocked.

The differential movement of the segment arm 32 is imparted to the totalizer actuating rack 105' through the link 96, the arm 99,

and the shaft 100 and to type carriers' through these same arms and shaft and the arm 108 and the link 109. The rotation of the disk 145 through the operation of the anti-friction roller 143 on the pitman 142 rocks the frame 126 about its pivotal center and the pinion 116, integral with the units wheel of the totalizer, is thereby brought into mesh with its actuating rack and the counter elements, which record the number of operations of the machine, are actuated upon the rocking of this frame through the graduated teeth 129 on the pawl 130.

The'platen 163 is given an oscillatory movement of invariable extent about the shaft 4- and is brought into contact with the type on the type carrier 117 through the cooperation of the roller 164 in the cam groove 165 whereby the ticket of the value of the inserted coin is printed. Upon the return movement of the platen carrying frame 162 the inking ribbon 17 5 is fed one step through the engagement of the pawl 17 3 mounted on the slidable plate 168 with the teeth of the ratchet wheel 171 which is integral with the feed roll 172. The flange 167 on the feed roll 155 then feeds the paper 150 the distance of one ticket and the ticket is subsequently severed by the knife edges 184 ill) &

and 185, the knife edge 184 being actuated through the cam groove 165 in which the roller 186 on the lever 187 rides. After the denomination of the ticket has been printed the open cam 14-9 engages the roller 148 on the lower end of the lever 105 and restores the type carrier and totalizer actuating racks to normal position and the totalizer elements are then rocked out of engagement with the pawl 130 and the rack 105.

At the end of the operation of the machine the engagement of the stud 76, projecting from the disk 75, With the cam edge 79 of the arm 80' rocks the lever 62 to its normal position whereby the hook 69 is taken out of operative relationship With the pin 74- projecting from the lever 10 and the motor locking lever 88 is returned to its locking position. The stud 78, at the very time that the lever 62 is restored to its normal position, forces the upper shoulder 65 of the arm 6% out of engagement With the lug 66 permitting the link 53 to rise, and the lug is finally brought into engagement with the upper edge of the projection 61 on the lever 62 by the engagement of the stud 78 With the inclined face 85 of the projection 84- of the arm 57, whereby the lever is locked until the next operation of the machine.

while the form of mechanism herein. shown and described is admirably adapted to fulfil the objects primarily stated, it is tobe understood that it is not intended to con: fine the invention to the one form of embodiment herein shown and described, as it is susceptible of embodiment in various forms, all coming Within the scope of the claims Which follow.

What is claimed is:

1. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a main operating mechanism; of coin receptacles; a ticket issuing mechanism adapted to issue ticketsof dif ferent denominations and including a movable member Whose position determines the denomination of the ticket to be issued; and manipulative means cooperating With coins placed in the receptacle to dilierentially position said movable member.

2. In a machine of the classdescribed, the combination with a ticket issuing device adapted to issue tickets or" different denominations; of operating means therefor; coin receptacles; and manipulative means cobperating With coins inserted into said receptacles to determine the denomination of the ticket to be issued by said device;

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination With a ticket issuing device adapted to issue tickets or" different denominations; operating means therefor; a series of coin receptacles; a single manipulative device cooperating With coins inserted into the receptacles to determine the de nipulative device cooperating with coins inserted into the slots for controlling said issuing device and said operating means whereby said operating means causes said ticket issuing device to imue a ticket of the same value as the coin inserted into the machine.

5. In a ticket'issuing machine the combination With a ticket issuing device adapted to issuetickets of different denominations;

of a serles of coin slots; a manipulative device cooperating with the coins inserted into said slots and a member dififerentially positioned by the manipulative device; and connections between said member and said issuing device whereby the differential move ment of the member determines the value of the ticket to be issued.

6. In a machine of the class described, the combination With a printing mechanism including a type carrier; of actuating means for difierentially positioning said type car rier; coin receptacles; and manipulative means coiiperating with coins inserted in the receptacles to cause said actuating means to differentially position said type carrier.

7. In a machine of the class described, the combination With a printing mechanism including a type carrier to be differentially positioned; of coin receptacles; and manipulative means cooperating With coins inserted into the receptacles to differentially position the type carrier.

8. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a printing device, including a type carrier; of a member to be differentially positioned; a series of coin slots; a manipulative device coiiperating with the coins inserted into said slots for differentially positioning said member; and connections intermediate said member and said type carrier whereby said differential movement of said member is imparted to said type carrier.

9. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a printing device, includ ing a type carrier; of a manipulative device; a series of coin slots; a member differentially positioned by the cocperation of the manipulative device with coins inserted into said slots; connections intermediate said member and said type carrier whereby the differential movement of said member is imparted to said type carrier; and operative means for rendering said connections inefi ective after said type carrier has been diiierentially positioned,

10. Ina machine of the class described, the combination with a printing mechanism including a type carrier; of a manipulative device; a series of coin slots; a sliding member bearing projections and given a movement of invariable extent by said manipulative" device; a second sliding member to said vtype carrier.

11. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a type carrier; of an actuating rack therefor;'an accounting device; an actuating rack therefor; a series of coin slots; a manipulative device 006perating with coins inserted into the slots; a member given an extent of movement by said manipulative means dependent on the value of the coin inserted; and connections intermediate said racks and said member whereby said racks are diflerentially positioned upon movement of said member.

12. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an accounting device; of a printing mechanism including a type carrier; receptacles for the insertion of coins; and connections between the receptacles, accounting device and printing mechanism, whereby coins inserted into said receptacles may determine the entering of amounts in the accounting device and the setting of the type for the printingmechanism.

13. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an accounting device; of an actuating rack therefor normally out of engagement therewith; a printing mechanism including a type carrier; coin receptacles; a single key coiiperating with the coins inserted into the receptacles tor differentially positioning said actuating rack and said type carrier in correspondence to the value of the coins inserted; operating mechanism constructed to engage the actuating rack With the accounting device and to return to normal; position the actuating racks, whereby tae value of the coins inserted into the receptacle is entered on the accounting device; and connections from said operating mechanism. for actuating the printing mechanism. whereby an impression of the amount entered on the totalizer may be taken from said type carriers.

14. in a machine of the class described, the combination with an accounting device, of a printing mechanism including a type carrier; coin receptacles; and manipulative means coiiperating with the coins inserted into the coin receptacles for controlling the entering of the value of coins upon the accounting device and for positioning the type carrier so that each amount entered on the accounting device can be recorded on record material.

15. In a machine of the class described,

the combination with a ticket supply roll;

of printing and severing mechanism including a type carrier for printing and severing tickets from said supply roll; a coin controlled manipulative device for positively positioning said type carrier; and operating means for said printing and issuing mechanism.

16. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a ticket issuing mechanism adapted to issue tickets of different denominations and including a type carrier; of operating means therefor; a plate; a series of coin receptacles; a manipulative device cooperating with the coins inserted into said coin receptables to give the plate a differential movement; and connections intermediate said plate and said type carrier whereby the type carrier is so positioned that an impres-i sion of the value of the coin may be made on the ticket to be issued.

17. In a ticket issuing machine, adapted to issue tickets of diiierent denominations, the combination with a manipulative device; of a plate given an invariable extent of movement thereby; a series of coin slots; and a second plate connected to the first plate by a coin inserted into one of the slots whereby said second plate is difi erentially moved when said first plate is moved, said differential movement determining the denomination of the ticket to be issued,

18. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a member to be differentially positioned; of a manipulative device capable of being given but one effective extent of movement; a series of coin receptacles; an element actuated by said manipulative device and controlled by the coin inserted into one of said receptacles; and connections intermediate said element and said member whereby the effective extent of movement of said manipulative device ditferentially positions said member,

19. in machine of the class described,

the combination with a ticket issuing meclr anism adapted to issue tickets of diilerent denominations; of operating means therefor a series of coin slots; a sliding" member for determining the denomination of the ticket to be issued; and manipulative means cotiperating With-a coin inserted into one or" said slots for dih erentially positioning said sliding member whereby the denomination or the ticket to be issued is determined.

20. In a machine of the class described,

the combination with a ticket issuing mechanism adapted to issue tickets of dilierent denominations; of operating means therefor; a locking device for said means; a manipulative device; a member given an invariable extent of movement by said manipulative device; coin receptacles; and a second member given a variable extent of movement by said first member dependent upon the value of the coin inserted into one of said receptacles, and constructed to render the locking device inefi'ective and determine the denomination of the ticket to be issued.

21. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a difl'erentially movable actuating element; of a manipulative device; a member given an invariable extent of movement by said manipulative device; a series of coin receptacles; a second member connected to the first member by a coin inserted in one of the receptacles; and. connections intermediate said second member and said actuating element whereby movement of said first member, when a coin is inserted, difierentially positions said actuating element.

22. in a machin of the classdescribed, the combination with a ticket issuing device adapted to issue tickets of differ denominations; of operating means t ereior; a locking mechanism for said operating means; coin receptacles; and manipulative means cooperating with the coins placed in the coin receptacles to deter ie the denominat-cn of the ticket to be issued and to render the locking mechanism for the oper ating means ineiiective in order that the machine may be operated.

23. a. machine the class described, the combination -with a tic ct issuin device adapted to issue tickets of differs denominations; oi o a chi g means h-sreior; i mechanl. for said operatin.

series of coin receptac key which When dep essed coo coins i ted into me deternnthe denomination of hi) ticket to be issued and render the locking chanism ineffective; and a locking device controlled by said key to lock the key in dc ressed position.

24:. in machine of the class described, the combination Wl'tfi manipulve device; of a lever centrally pivoted to and device; means normally re" ering one end of lever a pivotal center upon 1 i 'al movement said manipulative device; detent given an invariable extent 1110*? the initial movement of said 1 device; coin receptacles, the con into same cooperating Wit for moving said means normally one end of the lever a pivoted oer mit continued m-ov ent oi? the tive device; iatching' device manipulative device made operative upon the continued movement of said manipulative device to latch the latter in its operated position.

25. In a machine the class described, the combination with a ticket issuing device; of operating mechanism therefor; means normally preventing operation of said operating mechanism; coin receptacles; a single key cooperating with the coins inserted into the receptacles to render said preventing means ineffective; a locking device controlled by said key for locking the key in depressed position; and connections intermediate said operating mechanism and said key locking device for causin said locking .device to release the key at t e end of the operation of the machine.

26..In a machine of the class described, the combination with a ticket printing and issuing device, adapted to issue tickets of dilferent denominations, of operating means therefor, and coin receptacles for the reception of coins to control the operating means and to determine the denomination of the ticket to be printed and issued by said device.

2?. in machine of the class described, the combination With a ticket issuing device, adapted to issue tickets of diflerent denominations of operating ns therefor, a normally enectiv locking d v cc for means and coin receptacles for the reception 01 coins which control the rendering of the locking device ineffec and dete mine the denomination of the tie. t to be issued.

28. in machine of class described, th inting m chanism, be diiierentially 1e means cooperatinto the machine to W. as, g

f the class described, 1 accounting device,

including a typenechanisrn, and concontrolled mechvice, and the rintcoins of di erent -co the machine determine its in the accounting ntial setting of the mechanism. the class described, a main operating effective locking utrollin the renms hani OIllRQll d one between the accoui ace-sec hers, moved by said manipulative device, and controlling the operation of said lever, one of said members being moved difierentially under the control of coins inserted into the machine.

32. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a main operating mechanism, of a normally effective locking device therefor, a key for controlling the rendering ineffective of said locking device, and two members adapted to be connected by coins inserted into the machine and operated by a partial operation of said key to permit the complete operation of thekey.

33. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a main operating mechanism, of a normally efiective locking device-therefor, a key for controlling the rendering inefi'ective of said locking device, tvvo members adapted to be connected by coins inserted into the machine and operated by a partial operation of said key to permit the complete operation of the key, and means operated upon the complete operation of said key for locking the latter in operated position-- 34-. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a main operating mechanism, or a normally edective locking device therefor, a difierentially movable member the extent of movement of which is controlled by coins. inserted into the machine, and a mannally'operated lever adapted to be inlcrnmed. at difierent points, it 'eiug fnlcrumcd at one point to operate said. member and at another point to render said locking device inefiective;

35.11: a machine of the class described, the combination with a main operating mechanism, of a normally efiective locking -dovice therefor, a differentially movable member the extent of movement of which. is controlled by coins inserted into the machine, a mani nlative device, and a lever pivoted on sand manipulative device, and

adapted to be fulcrnmed at different points 5 during the depression of said key to move said member diderentially and render said locking device inefi ective I 36, In a machine of the class described, the combination with a lever, oi projection on said lever, a key for operating the lever, and two notched members normally locking said lever against operation, one of rim said members being moved an invariable dis tance to bring the single notch of said member adjacent said projection, the other merm her being moved differentially under the control of coins to bringone of the locality of its notches adjacent said PXOjQfilJlOH whereby the lever is unlocked.

37. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a lever, of a projection on said lever, a key for operating the lever, and two notched members, operated by said key, and normally locking said lever against operation, one of said members being moved an invariable distance to bring the single notch of said member adjacent said projection, the other member being moved diderentially under the control of coins to bring one of the plurality of its notches adjacent said projection whereby the lever is imlocked.

38 In a machine of the class the combination with a difierentially' n vable member, of a main operating me hanism, normally edective lockin device or said mechanism, controlled by coins inse into the machine, and means for moving the coins to control the extent of movemen member and effect the operation of locking device to release the machine.

39. in a machine of the class described, the combination with a diflerentially movable member, of a main operating; mecl a; nism, a normally efiective locking device for said mechanism, controlled by coins inserted into the machine, and manipulative means for positively moving the coins to control the extent of movement of said member and eiiect the operation of said locking device to release the machine.

id. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a diderentially movable member, of a normally inoperative operating mechanism, and a single manipulative device for moving coins inserted into the machine to render the operating mechaoperative and control the extent of movement of said member.

in testimony whereof I aiiin' my signature the presence of two witnesses rnancnsco 

